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What happened in history on this day: July 16?
On July 16 in ...
- 1966 - Guitarist Eric Clapton, bass guitarist Jack Bruce, and drummer Ginger Baker form Cream (15 million albums in three years, "Strange Brew", "White Room", "Sunshine Of Your Love").
Births on July 16
- 1858 - Birth of Eugène Ysaÿe in Belgium; violinist/conductor/composer (Pierill Houïou).
- 1903 - Birth of Carmen Lombardo in London, Ontario, Canada; younger brother of bandleader Guy Lombardo, singer/saxophonist (The Royal Canadians), songwriter ("Coquette", "Boo Hoo", "Seems Like Old Times", "Sweethearts on Parade", and "Get Out Those Old Records").
- 1912 - Birth of Ray Barr in New York City, New York, USA; pianist (Vincent Lopez Show).
- 1928 - Birth of Bella Davidovich in Baku, Russia; pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel).
- 1936 - Birth of Buddy Merrill in Torrey, Utah, USA; guitarist (Lawrence Welk Show).
- 1948 - Birth of Pinchas Zukerman in Tel Aviv, Israel; violinist/violist (Leventritt 1967).
- 1948 - Birth of Rubén Blades; salsa singer/actor (Critical Condition, Last Fight, Gideon's Crossing).
- 1952 - Birth of Stewart Copeland; drummer (The Police - "Roxanne").
- 1971 - Birth of Ed Kowalczyk; singer, guitarist (Live).
- 1972 - Birth of Mindy Carson in New York City, New York; vocalist (Club Embassy, Ford Star Revue).
- 1974 - Birth of Ryan McCombs; singer (Drowning Pool).
Deaths on July 16
- 1972 - Death of Charlie Chamberlain at age 61; singer (Islanders).
- 1977 - Death of Marg Osburne at age 49; vocalist (Islanders).
- 1981 - Death of Harry Chapin ay age 39 of a heart attack in a car crash on a New York City freeway; singer-songwriter ("Taxi" (1972), "Cat's in the Cradle" (1974)).
- 1984 - Death of Billy Williams at age 73; singer (Your Show of Shows).
- 1985 - Wayne King, orchestra leader (Wayne King Show), dies at age 84.
- 1989 - Death of Herbert von Karajan in Anif, Austria; conductor, director of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (1955-1989) (born 1908).
- 1996 - Death of John Panozzo at age 47 of internal bleeding at home in Chicago, Illinoid, USA; drummer and founding member Styx.
- 2008 - Death of Jo Stafford at age 90; singer (The Stafford Sisters, The Pied Pipers, "Shrimp Boats Are A-Comin'", "Jambalaya", "Long Ago and Far Away", "You Belong to Me", "Make Love to Me").
- 2023 - Death of Jane Birkin at age 76 at home in Paris, France; actress (Slogan film (1969), Death on the Nile film), singer ("Je T'aime... Moi Non Plus" song), inspiration for the Birkin bag.
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